7:18 PM,
Nov. 13, 2013

Brandon Vandenburg, middle, stands with attorneys Nathan Colburn, left, and David King, right, during a court hearing in October.

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Tony Gonzalez
The Tennesseean

A new court filing in the case against four former Vanderbilt University football players charged with rape seeks evidence of text messages sent by "coaches" that lawyers for one of the ex-players think could shed light on what happened.

The filing by attorneys for one of the players offers the first suggestion in court proceedings that members of the Vanderbilt football staff might have had some level of involvement in the incident that would be relevant to the criminal investigation.

California-based defense attorneys for former player Brandon Vandenburg said in their motion that a ...